Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-14
VERMONT HORSES
AT THE NEW ENGLAND BREEDERS MEET.

At the first annual meeting of the New
England association of Road and 1'rot-
ting Horse Breeders, held at Mystic park,
Boston, sept. 27-30, inclusive, there was
Il magnificent show of horses and some
very excellent trotting. On the second
day the bay mare Bessie, a six-year-old
daughter of Ben Franklin, from dam bv
a son of Daniel Lambert, distinguished
herself by winning the eight-heat contest
of the 2 40 class, taking record of 81 /
and exhibiting the lack of staying powers
said to be characteristic of the inbred
Lambert, by winning the fourth, seventh
and last heats. There were eight confess
tants. among which Mary Kent, owned
by j. G. Parker, Esq, of Quechee, and
got by his well-known horse Kent, son
of Hambletonian, won the third heat and
a record of 2:3l4, taking fourth money.
She trotted second to II. 7. C. as five
year-old at the Vermont Breeders meet
ing last year. Bessie is owned by Messrs.
Hall and Skinner of Orwell, and made
her debut as four-yearold at the Bur-
lngton meeting of the Vermont Breed
ers' association, in 1885, where she also
trotted second to the victorious ii. Z. c.,
who is son of the same noted sire.
On the third day was the race for New
England-bred three-year-olds, which was
won without effort by r. ID. F., the now
famous son of Aristos, in three straight
heats. The handsome and stately bay
colt Nimbus, bred by II. Il. Cults of Or
well, got by Ben Franklin from a dam by
Broken Leg, son of Hambletonian, and
now owned by C. NJ Gilman of the Wyn
Dyl stock farm. Southport, Ct, was a
close second in each heat. Behind these
two Vermont Morgans was Owasia by
Onawa (2:22D, dam by Gen. Knox
Comet by Winthrop Morrill,, Jr., and
Myrtle Leaf by Wedgewood @ 49,, dam
the trotting mare Myrtle g :25d), by SEQ
bey's Champion. Our readers will re-
member Nimbus AS the elegant bay colt
that, under his former name Of Ethol
won the two-year-old race at the Rutland
meeting of the Vermont association a
year ago. He has since won still further
distinction by capturing in three straight
heats the James Golden stakes for New
England-bred three-year-olds, trotted at
Mystic on the 18th inst, in , n 2: 423 and
2 :421. These stakes were very valuable
and the nominations, which we believe
were over 30 in number, had to be made
when the candidates were yearlings, and
comprised specimens of the choicest trot-
ting blood of New England.
In the stake for New England-bred
two-year-olds the gray filly Alcagetta by
Alcantara, the famous son of George
Wilkes, dam Lady Daggett Q ;26), aston,
ished and delighted the spectators by
making u record of , :3lf, beating the
best New England two-year-old record
by l0i seconds. 1t is to be regretted that
neither of the famous trio of Vermont
tWo-year-olds of the present year was at
this meeting. We refer to Gillig by AR
istos, and II. Il. C. by Ben Franklin, that
trotted the Burlington half-mile track a
dead heat in 10, the fastest half mile
ever made by trotter of that age on a
track of that length in New England
the third being Claremont by Lambertus,
that made such gallant fight against
ii. L. c., with Gillig behind them, at the
last Vermont Breeders meeting. We dc
not claim that the best of these three
splendid colts could have headed Alca-
getta, but any Of them could, like the
big Maine colt Comrade, have kept her
company.